A Perturbation-inspired Method of Generating Exact Solutions in General Relativity
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Abstract
General relativity has a small number of known, exact solutions which model \nastronomically relevant systems. These models are highly idealized situations. \nEither perturbation theory or numerical simulations are typically needed to \nproduce more realistic models. Numerical simulations are time-consuming and \nsuffer from a difficulty in interpreting the results. In addition, global \nproperties of numerical solutions are nearly impossible to uncover. On the \nother hand, standard perturbation methods are very difficult to implement \nbeyond the second order, which means they barely scratch the surface of \nnon-linear phenomena which distinguishes general relativity from Newtonian gravity. \n \nThis work \ndevelops a method of finding exact solutions, inspired by perturbation \ntheory, \nwhich have energy-momentum tensor components that approximately satisfy \ndesired relationships. We find a spherical lump of matter \nwhich has a density profile $\\mu \\propto r^{-2}$ in a Robertson-Walker \nbackground; it looks like a galaxy in an expanding universe. \nWe also find a plane-symmetric perturbation of \na Bianchi type I metric with a density profile $\\mu \\propto z^{-2}$; it \nmodels a jet impacting a sheet-like structure. \nThe former solution involves a wormhole while the latter involves a \ntwo dimensional singularity. These are both non-linear structures which \nperturbation theory can never produce.
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